Geibes Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Namibia
Highest density in:
Namibia

Geibes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Geibes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Namibia61:401,56710,578
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613

Geibes Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Geibes Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Geibes occurs most in Namibia. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Geibes? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 6,723,624th most widely held last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. Geibes occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Geibes are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most frequently held in Namibia, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 401,567. In Namibia it is primarily concentrated in: Khomas Region, where 67 percent are found, Erongo Region, where 17 percent are found and Otjozondjupa Region, where 17 percent are found. Beside Namibia Geibes is found in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 25 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Geibies9212/
Geibe91160/
Gebes91143/
Geisbe8346/
Gebesh8321/
Geiber8310/
Geives837/
Geibis831/
Geibee830/
Geibea830/
Ebes80357/
Geebest773/
Gebeş733,789/
Yebes73737/
Geiba73224/
Gebis73151/
Geebe7347/
Jebes7335/
Ebees7318/
Geibi7311/
Ebesh7310/
Gebez739/
Gebeš738/
Ebeas733/
Ebess733/
Gyebe732/
Gijbe732/
Gebys731/
Iebes731/
Geiby730/
Geeves671,480/
Jebese67791/
Gempis67296/
Gempes67214/
Gebuis67157/
Gebuys6769/
Seibeh6756/
Guiebe6730/
Jaibes6727/
Sijbes6715/
Gehebe6714/
Yebies6711/
Gejbis6711/
Yebess677/
Gheiby677/
Iebesh676/
Geeber675/
Jebest674/
Jebesh672/
Gebais672/
Geebee671/
Gejbys671/
Jeives671/
Gyewes671/
Sieibe671/
Jebess671/
Ngeibi671/
Yebese671/
Yesbes671/
Hiibes671/
Geyibi671/
Genpes671/
Genpis671/
Ghiebe671/
Ehbesh671/
Gebish671/
Ghiybe671/
Jhibes671/
Geivis670/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Geibes
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